It was an extremely beautiful face, with bright eyes, white teeth, and clear pupils. There was a beautiful aura all over her body, and there were two shallow pear dimples on her cheeks.
She raised her face slightly, a little wet, and she couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears. But that beautiful and ethereal face was a bloodless pale, so fragile that it made people feel distressed.
Liu Zhener often looked at the mirror with yellow flowers, how could she not recognize the face in front of her? She was shocked and took half a step back. A pair of lotus embroidered shoes with side handles were already stained with blood. She asked with a pale face,
"Who are you? How did you end up like this?" The woman opened her mouth and wanted to say something. Liu Zhener noticed that her open mouth was filled with black space. Someone was so vicious that he pulled out the woman's tongue.
The woman could not respond to Liu Zhen'er's reply, she shook her head repeatedly, and tears rolled down the corners of her eyes. Liu Zhener felt compassion and wanted to step forward to untie the shackles, which were as dark as black iron. This thing seemed to have spiritual power. Sensing Liu Zhener's approach, it tightened its grip on the woman's body, pricking her with sharp thorns. The woman's flesh and blood tightened, blood flowed out, and the woman fell to the ground and let out a low wailing sound.
"Woo-wu" the woman made intermittent sounds. Liu Zhen'er didn't dare to take another step forward. Her voice sounded strange. He didn't expect that she had no idea what secret she was reciting and she actually transformed into the shape of a blue bird.
It has a large body and beautiful feathers. Its head and wings are blue, the lower half of the body is white, and the upper half is blue. There are also yellow fluffs on the throat and cheeks. Three legs support her body, making her People feel extremely beautiful and magical.
Qingniao lowered his head and looked at Liu Zhen'er, his eyes full of sorrow and sadness. Liu Zhen'er's heart froze, his eyes were hot, and he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"Who are you?" Liu Zhen'er clutched her aching chest and asked uncertainly to the divine bird in front of her. The girl's pretty face was filled with sorrow.
The blue bird didn't answer, but used its wings to gently wave Liu Zhen'er towards the magic circle on the other side. There are 12 small round sticks stuck on the ground. There is no pattern at all. There are straight and diagonal sticks here and there, as if they were inserted randomly, but in the middle is a mass of black energy, covered with runes. , it kept rushing around, trying to escape, but within the limited range of the stick, it seemed that there was some mysterious force restraining him.
Liu Zhen'er looked towards the black mist. It seemed to be sane. Seeing Liu Zhen'er's attention, it stopped its collision and shouted.
The laughter of "Jie Jie Jie" soon turned into the appearance of a young man. He has a tall and straight posture, a calm face, black hair like a waterfall, gentle and soft eyebrows, and a snow-white robe, as if spotless. He smiles slightly, and his extremely beautiful eyes, like the warm spring sun, curve out in the shape of the moon, like the white snow. , and like the bright moon in the world, it is Tao Hongjing whom Liu Zhener is familiar with.
"Zhen'er, you finally came to find me." Tao Hongjing's eyes were clear and his voice was low. He slightly stretched out his hand and made a hug gesture.
"Zhen'er, I can't get out, please come and save me." Tao Hongjing pleaded in a low voice, with an imperceptible urgency in his voice.
Liu Zhen'er had never seen him like this before. When she looked into his eyes, her pupils suddenly lost focus and stood still. Tao Hongjing urged her to come forward and help her unlock the runes. Liu Zhen'er The child walked forward step by step like a zombie.
About half a step away, Liu Zhener stopped and stretched out his hand just enough to touch Tao Hongjing's face. Tao Hongjing's eyes were filled with tenderness, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile of success.
Suddenly, a huge sky thunder split open the cave, and the lightning illuminated the entire cave. It galloped gracefully on the dark shadow of the trees, and like a frightening scimitar, split Tao Hongjing in front of him in two.
After a burst of screams, he turned into a black mist again, circling and wandering in the formation. The strong light made Liu Zhener close her eyes, and the huge light wave impacted Liu Zhener and she fainted to the ground.
* In Taixuan Realm, Tao Hongjing was lying in a low-lying pool, with his head leaning on a stone as a support.
His eyes were closed tightly, his face was red, it seemed that all the blood in his body was rushing to his head, his forehead was sweating, and he was suffering unbearable suffering.
A soft whisper came from his throat, as if it was squeezed out from his teeth. It was extremely difficult, as he had already fallen into a nightmare.
Xiaosong, who was as crystal clear as a purple diamond, ran up to Tao Hongjing and sniffed the azure dragon scent on Tao Hongjing's body.
Its eyes, which were clearer than those of a baby, were full of joy. It squeaked twice, knelt down on its front feet and faced Tao Hongjing in a respectful manner.
"Master, Xiaosong finally found you." Xiaosong spoke excitedly, taking two steps forward childishly, and caressed Tao Hongjing's face affectionately with the tip of his moist nose.
Tao Hongjing still closed his eyes in discomfort and had not woken up from his dream. Xiaosong patted himself with a fleshy paw. His master's host had just been tricked into the illusion by him. Now he may be haunted by inner demons. Before he could come out, Xiaosong held a corner of his robe in his mouth and threw him away. On his back, he humped him out of the wilderness.
"Tick-tick-tick-" Water drops fell on Tao Hongjing's face, and a few drops of water moistened his dry mouth. Tao Hongjing smacked his mouth several times, and finally found the exit in the endless wasteland in the dream. He looked When Liu Zhener and Xiao Yan arrived, they were standing in front waiting for him, urging him to move forward quickly. The martial arts tournament was about to start in a few days.
Only then did Tao Hongjing realize the purpose of his trip and hurriedly followed them forward. Then the wasteland scenery behind him collapsed into black fragments and disappeared under his feet.
Suddenly opening his eyes, the long candlelight illuminated half of the stone room. Tao Hongjing moved his body and found that his body and bones were refreshed and filled with the power of heavenly spirits and earthly treasures. He was filled with doubts in his heart.
"Zhizhi, Master, you finally woke up." Not far away, Xiaosong curled his tail and yawned lazily.
"Master, why do you call me master?" Tao Hong looked at the spirit beast in front of him. Seeing its innocent face, he put down his guard and asked.
"Hmph, you idiot, I am calling the Qinglong in your body. You, a mortal, are far from being my master." Xiao Song curled his lips and cast a spell disdainfully to find out that Tao Hongjing's skill was not higher than it. No matter how high it is, Xiaosong always speaks with his strength, so naturally he looks down on Tao Hongjing at this time.
Tao Hongjing looked embarrassed. He didn't expect it to be so sharp and direct, and he was also surprised how it knew about the green dragon in his body.
Xiaosong's eyes flickered and he didn't want to say more. It couldn't be said that it was a prank to play tricks on the three of them.
"Don't ask too many questions. All you need to know is that I am your savior. I rescued you from the illusion. You almost burst your veins and it was cured by the fairy grass I worked hard to find for you in the mountains." Xiaosong Pride reared its head, knowing that he had accomplished a great thing.
Tao Hongjing bowed and thanked him. Seeing how polite he was, Xiaosong looked slightly embarrassed.
"You should stay healthy here and don't hurt my master Qinglong's vitality in your body, otherwise I will eat you." Xiaosong opened his mouth and exposed his fangs, pretending to be fierce to scare Tao Hongjing.
Tao Hongjing only felt that the spiritual beast in front of him was cute. He said yes, but he looked worried.
"I can stay here, but I have to trouble you to help me find my other two companions. I guess they are also lost in the illusion." The matter started because of Xiaosong, and it was easy for him to solve it. Xiaosong naturally Mouthful.
Tao Hongjing stayed here, and Xiaosong slipped out mysteriously. This is a medium-sized stone room that can accommodate at most two people in a square inch.
There was a skeleton lying on the stone bed. His clothes were almost broken by the weather. His hands were crossed on his stomach and his head was placed squarely on the stone pillow.
Tao Hongjing approached slowly and found a string of ancient characters carved on the ground of the stone bed. The writing style seemed to be the relics of the Qing sect on Maoshan Mountain. Tao Hongjing had followed Sun Youyue in sorting out the classics compiled by the predecessors of the Shang Qing sect's library.
After knowing a little bit, Tao Hongjing glanced over and read out one word at a time,
"Everything is illusory, only the peace of neither sadness nor joy. I am Yang Xi, the second generation master of the Shangqing Sect. I have been in seclusion for several years, and finally I have realized something. Now that I have exhausted all my energy, I have no regrets. If someone is destined to see it, , I still hope you will be alert." There was a broken wooden sword placed on the futon. Tao Hongjing knew that this was the personal sword of his master in his early years. It was a ten-thousand-year-old peach tree on the ice cliff at the junction of the demon world and the human world. Made from tree materials, with the brilliance of stars, moon and Maoshan talismans applied, it has miraculous effects in exorcising demons, exorcising evil spirits and suppressing ghosts.
According to records, Yang Xi was born like a pink-faced scholar, and became famous for his skills with a peach wood sword. He led the Qing sect on Maoshan Mountain to become the largest sect leader at his time, but it was the Qing sect on Maoshan Mountain that flourished. At that moment, he disappeared and no one saw him again.
Tao Hongjing knelt down and kowtowed to Yang Xi respectfully. As a descendant of Maoshan, seeing his true body here, Tao Hongjing's inner feelings were beyond words.
The half-cut sword seemed to sense something, and it flew up and appeared in front of Tao Hongjing. This is the manifestation of an immortal, with a precious inheritance.
"Master, this is - thank you, Master, Hongjing will definitely live up to everyone's expectations." Seeing this, Tao Hongjing took the wooden sword with both hands and thanked him.
As if he had finally accomplished something he was obsessed with, Yang Xi's bones gradually turned into powder.
The stone wall is densely engraved with scriptures, and the writing is powerful and powerful. The person who came here carved it quickly and quickly, as if they were carving it randomly with stones or branches in the ground when they were crazy, but it did not affect the look and feel at all. , the vitality comes from the vast text.
Tao Hongjing looked carefully and saw that there were two scriptures on the stone wall of the stone chamber. One was the long-lost "Jade Sutra of the Inner Scenery of the Huangting" of the Shangqing Sect, and the other was the supreme Buddhist teaching "The Mahaparinirvana Sutra". 》.
"Huang Ting Jing" is the main classic of the Shangqing sect of Taoism, and is also regarded as the main classic of inner alchemy practice. This is a supreme treasure that can only be found but cannot be found. Tao Hongjing read it word by word with a candlelight, holding a candle and reading it word by word. After swallowing the jujube, I figured out the general idea, sat down cross-legged and meditated.
